**The history books suggest there has been little to separate Scottish rivals Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh over the years, and Guinness PRO14 fans are primed for another hard-fought derby clash when the teams lock horns for the second time in a week on Friday night.** Edinburgh’s gritty 10-7 victory at BT Murrayfield in Round 10 pushed them to 19 wins from 39 meetings with Glasgow, with Danny Wilson’s men also coming out on top 19 times and the sides sharing the spoils on one occasion. Both outfits have been among the Championship’s biggest hitters in recent years but sit fifth in their respective conferences, desperate for a win to boost their league credentials, earn bragging rights, and keep a grip on the 1872 Cup. **What’s at stake?** Owing to slow starts in the 2020/21 campaign and the fact that only the conference winners will be heading to the Guinness PRO14 final, the attentions of both Glasgow and Edinburgh have largely turned to securing a Heineken Champions Cup spot for next season and building up a good run of form ahead of the inaugural Rainbow Cup. And while a win is always the target regardless of the opposition, expect tensions to be raised that bit higher in this season’s second instalment of the 1872 Cup, re-arranged from December 27 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The visitors have one hand on the trophy thanks to their slender victory on home soil last time out - their third of the season - which puts them ten points behind third-placed Scarlets with a game in hand in Conference B. On the back of successive wins - against Sale in European competition and against Glasgow in the Championship - last season’s semi-finalists Edinburgh will be hoping to back up an encouraging upturn in fortune with what would be their first win at Scotstoun since December 2018. Besides being desperate to exact revenge on their fellow countrymen, Warriors are seeking a return to winning ways having won just one of their last seven Guinness PRO14 games, while they have just two Championship victories to their name in 2020/21. Third-placed Ospreys sit just seven points clear of the 2018/19 beaten finalists however, and Wilson will be confident that a spirited derby win could spark some key momentum in the business end of the season. **What happened last time they met?**
